Your post was very cute, I'm already working on a reply in another tab. And very true, it seemed genuine to me, his inquiry I mean. Which is what we are going for, a gradual getting to know you phase to a genuine connection turning into something intimate. This is different from our other pairs since these two don't know each other nearly as well as say those in Naruto/LoK, which I think is a refreshing change. Botan and Kurama are acquaintances despite having both endured a lot together. They'll get to know one another and develop a sweet loving bond. <3 <3 <3

Yep, all of that is what I had in mind. Botan would get flustered with all the learning cause it's cruel she has to participate in getting good grades but if she's ranked at the bottom of the class (some schools do publicly list students' rankings in class and tests and I assume this one does as well) she'll have a target on her back as being Shuichi's stupid gf. So she wants to do well for him too. She and Kurama pretend to go out for a walk and go deal with a really minor demon, since Kurama is well...Kurama, he could try to let her have a go first, prompting her to need to his help at the end and her wanting to learn more self defense. I will grant her some skills but they'd be unpolished.